City heights



P. A.MEI-ILING. Package of Pencils.

No. 224,458. Patented Feb.10,l880.

I KM/Maw v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP A. MEHLING, OF JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE 0F PENCILS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 224,458, dated February 10, 1880.

application filed Juneflf i, 1879.

To all whom it may cone-cm Be it known that I, PHILIP AMBROSE MEH- LING, of Jersey City Heights, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Package of Lead- Pencils, which invention is fully'set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows an end view of a package of lead-pencils. Fig. 2 shows a similar View with a Wedge lying between the layers. Fig. 3 shows a section in the plane as m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in a package of pen oils in which the pencilsare arranged in two layers and a strip of paper or other flexible material is passed around each pencil, running from the respective pencils of each layer to and around those of the other, said strip being prolonged and wound around the entire package to form an outside casing. The entire binding portion of the package is thus formed of one continuous piece, the pencils are held securely in place and-prevented from rubbing against and abrading each other, and separatelymanufactured packing-boxes are dispensed with. 1

In the drawings, the letters a a designate the pencils. A strip of paper or other flexible material, I), is wound aroundeach pencil, and is then pasted at the end, as sh0wn,'s0* that the package is firmly held together. By thus wrapping the strip b around each pencil I prevent the pencils from rubbing against each 5 other and becoming frayed. i

This arrangement will be found very advantageous in doing up packages of chalk, artists crayons, and the like, especially if crayons of a different color are to be arranged in one package, since the-difl'erent crayons are hindered from rubbing against each other and thus becoming spoiled.

' As shown in the drawings, the pencils are arranged in layers, and, if desired, I may place a wedge, A, Fig. 3, between the two layers,

and then wrap the strip b around the layers,

as shown in Fig. 2.

I prefer to wet the strip 11 before wrapping it around the pencils. When the strip becomes dry it contracts and holds the pencils tightly together, and since in drying it also stiffens, one or more pencils can be slid out lengthwise without the package losing its form. r

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A package of pencils in which the pencils are arranged in two layers and a strip of paper or other flexible material is passed around each pencil, running from the respective, pen oils of each'layer to and around those of the other, said strip being prolonged andwound around the entire package to form an outside PHILIP AMBROSE MEHLING. [L.S*.l

Witnesses:

E. F. KASTENHUBER, J. VAN SANTVOORD. 

